Originally Posted by djplong

Oh, I most certainly pick and choose.

When I recite the pledge, I leave out "under god". It was added in 1954 in reaction to the "red menace" and "godless communists" clarion calls of the day.

To be honest, I never thought about it this way but - when people start talking nostagically about going back to America's glory days, they generall seem to mean the 1950s. Interesting how the 'glory days' start ending once "under god" is added to the pledge.

For the record, I believe that religion's place is in the home, not the House or Senate.